Terrain Intelligence Software
TerrainShift
Intelligence software built from primary sources — for the professionals who can't afford to approximate.
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About TerrainShift
Primary-source intelligence software — built for the people who need to know what the record actually says.
TerrainShift builds precision intelligence software grounded in primary sources. From the historical records of small American towns to terrain and claim data across the American West, we develop platforms for professionals who need clarity — not summaries, not approximations.
Our tools are built for serious practitioners: researchers, historians, prospectors, and field professionals who make real decisions based on what the record actually says. We don't guess. We don't invent. We build from the source up.
Flagship Application
Provenance
Provenance is a historical research engine for small American towns. It ingests primary sources — deeds, local newspapers, Sanborn fire insurance maps, census records, and municipal documentation — and builds a cited, typed knowledge graph connecting the people, buildings, and events that shaped a community over time.
Where traditional historical research leaves you chasing threads through disconnected documents, Provenance traces them and surfaces what the primary record actually says. Every finding is typed, dated, and attributed to its source. Nothing invented.
Currently in development, with a pilot deployment covering the downtown buildings of Pendleton, Indiana.
Application
Unworked Gold
Unworked Gold is a terrain intelligence platform for gold prospectors working the American West — built for the serious-to-intermediate prospector who wants data before they drive hours into the backcountry.
The platform aggregates Bureau of Land Management claim records, MLRS data, and proprietary pattern analysis to show you what's been worked, what's adjacent, and what the terrain signals. Every claim layer is sourced directly from federal records. The intelligence layer is built by people who understand what those records actually mean in the field.
The terrain talks. Unworked Gold helps you learn to listen.
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Questions about either platform, partnership inquiries, or just want to know more about what we're building — reach out below.